Salix Nigra Aments

NAT. ORD., Salicaceae.



COMMON NAME, White Willow.



PREPARATION.--The fresh aments are macerated in twice their weight of

alcohol.



(Dr. John Fearns writes of this remedy in Chicago

Medical Times, 1896:)



At this writing I wish to speak not of the tonic and antiseptic

properties of this species of Salix, but of its usefulness as a

s dative to the generative system. As a sedative on these lines I have

had very good results from its use.



In cases of acute gonorrhoea with much errotic trouble. Also in cases

of chordee with great irritation; for these purposes I have given it in

doses of thirty to sixty drops on retiring, and repeat at midnight or

towards morning, if needed; in these cases nothing has given me more

satisfaction than this remedy. It answers the purpose, it robs night of

its terrors, and it leaves no unpleasant consequences in its train.



In cases of excessive venereal desire, amounting to satyriasis, from

experience I would use this remedy first. I have seen it control the

venereal appetite in a very satisfactory manner. It can be given in

cases where the bromides have always been considered appropriate, and it

can be given where the bromides would be very inappropriate and there is

no reflex effect on the brain or nervous system.